Or, just maybe, the Democrates are, 77% of the time, the better choice. The
stats really tell us nothing.
Bruce Anderson
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Blaine, MN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 10:07 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Newspaper endorsement scorecard
>
> Following is the distribution data by party designation of candidates in
> tomorrows election as endorsed and published by the Minneapolis
> StarTribune
> and by the St. Paul Pioneer Press:
>
> Minneapolis StarTribune:
> -- endorsed Democrats = 77%
> -- endorsed Republicans = 18%
> -- endorsed Independents = 5%
>
> St. Paul Pioneer Press:
> -- endorsed Democrats = 50%
> -- endorsed Republicans = 50%
> -- endorsed Independents = 0%
>
> I've done this analysis for quiet a few elections and the Strib
> endorsements
> are always 70-80% for Democrats.
>
> And todays' lesson is?
> Although this is editorial page data, don't assume the Strib is an
> unbiased,
> objective newspaper.
>
> Bob Schoonover
> Afton MN
